What Is Free-Flow - ADDER CCS-PRO User Manual

WHAT IS FREE-FLOW?

Adder Free-Flow delivers an innovation in K/M switching. Using Free-Flow you can
automatically switch between target computers simply by moving the mouse pointer
from screen to screen.
Adder Free-Flow resides on the CCS-PRO4 switch itself, sensing screen boundaries and
instantaneously switching keyboard and mouse (and related peripherals) to the defined
target computer. Free-Flow can be configured for almost any combination of screens,
which allows you to declare the individual screen sizes and visually position each one
relative to the others.
Free-Flow consists of special code within the CCS-PRO4 switch plus an intuitive
graphical configuration application. First you inform the Free-Flow configuration
application how many screens you have, their pixel resolutions and how they are
physically arranged (e.g side-by-side, vertical stack, square formation, etc.). You then
download this information to the CCS-PRO4 switch and this is used during operation to
determine the precise moment to switch from one screen/system to the next.
The beauty of Free-Flow is its simplicity of configuration and operation. Once the initial
configuration has taken place, all monitoring and switching is handled within the CCS-
PRO4 without need for extra connections or software utilities.
Issues when using Free-Flow
• When computers and their displays are not currently selected, the CCS-PRO4 'parks'
their mouse pointers in the bottom right corner of the screen. In most cases this will
cause no issues, however, it may be noticeable in circumstances such as the following:
• If the task bar is set to auto hide and it is positioned either along the bottom of the
screen (as default) or along the right hand side, then the task bar will automatically
reappear when the mouse pointer is parked.
• When playing full screen video, the on-screen controls (play, pause, seek etc.) will
very likely be revealed when the mouse pointer is parked.
• To cure the either of the above issues, it is possible to alter the
position.
• The mouse will not flow across the screens while any mouse buttons are pressed
down - this prevents undesired behaviour when dragging windows around or group-
selecting items.
• Free-Flow is not supported on Linux operating system.
• Multi-Monitor Free-Flow is for use with the Windows operating system only and
requires specialist driver to be installed on each PC. See
configuration for details.
mouse parking
Multi-Monitor Free-Flow
More information
• Free-Flow configuration
• Multi-Monitor Free-Flow configuration
• Operation: Selecting a computer
As you move the mouse
between screens, Free-Flow
works in the background
to switch the keyboard and
mouse to the corresponding
computer.
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